Savannah Guthrie will no longer be part of NBC's Winter Olympics coverage

“Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie volition not caput to Milan for NBC’s 2026 Winter Olympics sum arsenic she deals with the ongoing constabulary probe into the suspected abduction of her mother.

“Savannah volition not beryllium joining america astatine the Olympics arsenic she focuses connected being with her household during this hard time,” an NBC News typical said Tuesday successful a statement. “Our hearts are with her and the full Guthrie household arsenic the hunt continues for their mother.”

Guthrie was scheduled to co-host NBC’s telecast of the Friday opening ceremonies for the Milan Cortina Games alongside Terry Gannon of NBC Sports. The web typical said alternate plans volition beryllium announced shortly.

June 2023 photograph of Savannah Guthrie and parent Nancy Guthrie. (Photo by: Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images)

(Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images)

Law enforcement officials judge Nancy Guthrie, 84, was past seen astatine her location extracurricular of Tuscon, Ariz. connected Saturday night. Police were called aft relatives were told she missed the Sunday religion work she regularly attends and did not find her astatine home.

Police recovered Nancy Guthrie’s compartment phone, wallet, car and medicine were near behind, indicating she did not permission voluntarily. She has nary cognitive issues, but has constricted carnal mobility and could not locomotion acold connected her own, household members person told police.

On Tuesday, Lima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said astatine property briefing that authorities judge Nancy Guthrie was taken against her will. He besides said the section is alert of “reports circulating astir imaginable ransom note(s)” successful the case. TMZ reported connected the beingness of an alleged ransom enactment Tuesday, but Nanos did not verify the account,

According to instrumentality enforcement sources not authorized to talk astir the lawsuit publicly, determination was humor astatine the country and idiosyncratic appeared to person forced their mode inside.

Guthrie, a “Today” co-host since 2012, has been disconnected the programme since Monday. She was scheduled to caput to Milan aboriginal this week.

Guthrie’s mother, who lived connected her own, has been an occasional on-air impermanent astatine “Today.” Her appearances made her a favourite of Guthrie’s co-workers and unit astatine the program.